There is no need to create a Page titled ''Staff'' to display all Staff entries. When you go to www.yoursite.com/staff, it will automatically list the existing Staff members.

There is no need to create a Page titled ''Staff'' to display all Staff entries. When you go to www.yoursite.com/staff, it will automatically list the existing Staff members.

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* Recommendation: Go to Settings -> Permalinks and have the permalink structure as either Day and name i.e, <code>/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/</code> or <code>/%postname%/</code>

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* More info: http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks

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This theme uses the_content() (vs the_excerpt()) in index.php. Therefore you might want to break up your content if it is long using WordPress in-built [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_content ''more'' quicktag] functionality.

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This theme uses ''the_content()'' (vs ''the_excerpt()'') in index.php. Therefore you might want to break up your content if it is long using WordPress in-built [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_content ''more'' quicktag] functionality.

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In blog listing page, featured image (if present) for each post is set to be displayed at the left side with content wrapping around it to the right.

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In blog listing page, featured image (if present) for each post will automatically be displayed at the left side with content wrapping around it to the right.

[[File:Blog-posts-page.png|415px|thumb|none]]

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= How to make Play button under Listen link to a specific URL =

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If the audio file that you want the Play button to link to is large, then because of host file size restrictions it might not get uploaded via the "Upload an audio file" button. In such cases you might want to upload the mp3 file to another server or place it on your server using a FTP client and have the Play button link to it. The steps below will explain how this can be done:

This will make the Play button link to the URL of your choice that has been entered when editing the Sermon entry.

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= How to set up City Church like the demo site =

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'''1.''' Activate City Church at Appearance -> Themes. Ensure that parent Builder is also present.

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'''2.''' At Settings -> Permalinks, ensure that a pretty permalinks structure is being used. "Post name" is recommended.

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'''3.''' At Settings -> General, you may want to ensure that Site Title and Tagline are correct. These appear on the site in the first module.

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'''4.''' Create a Page for your site's homepage titled say "Home". Create another Page for your site's Posts page titled say "Blog". Create other Pages that you wish to have in your site like "About", "Contact" etc.

'''6.''' Go to My Theme -> Settings -> Import / Export (tab). Import layouts and views of the demo site. This can be found in BuilderChild-City-Church/layout-and-views/builder-export-city-church-layouts-and-views.zip. During the import process, if you are setting up your site newly i.e., you haven't made any changes to the default layouts and views, you might want to use the Replace option.

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'''7.''' Edit all layouts and set Navigation Type of navigation module to "Main Menu".

'''9.''' Edit "Home" Page and set "Home Layout" layout for this Page. Go to Settings -> Reading, set "Home" as front page and "Blog" as Posts page.

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'''10.''' In WordPress toolbar at the top, go to Builder -> Manage Widgets for this Layout. In "Top Block - Right" sidebar, drag a Text widget and give it this title: "Welcome to City Church" and [http://pastebin.com/gXYXAs9U this] for the content of widget.

'''12.''' Plugins -> Add New. Upload and activate Builder Block - Church plugin. To learn more about using this plugin's features like Sermons and Staff, scroll to the top of this wiki page and follow the Introduction section and below.

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Introduction

Install and activate BuilderChild-City-Church theme.

Builder Church Block is a WordPress plugin which adds sermons and staff post types for easily adding content to your church web site. While this plugin can be used with any theme, BuilderChild-City-Church theme uses functionality provided by this plugin via in-built template files for listing of Sermons and Staff entries etc.

Builder Church Block can be downloaded from here. After installing it like any other WordPress plugin and activating it, two new sections titled Sermons and Staff will be added to WP dashboard.

Sermons

Adding a Sermon

To add a new Sermon, click on Add New link next to Sermons and fill in the data like you would in any Post or Page.

It is recommended to add a Featured Image and a audio file (in mp3 format) to your Sermon entries where applicable/possible. These, if present, will appear on the Sermons listing page.

Note: In Sermon Audio File meta box, even though you might have uploaded mp3 file(s), the message "You currently have 0 audio file in your gallery for this sermon." will continue to show unless the entry is published.

Sermons Listing (Archive) page

There is no need to create a Page titled Sermons to display all Sermon entries. When you go to www.yoursite.com/sermons, it will automatically list the existing Sermons.

Note:

The above is assuming that Pretty Permalinks are enabled in your WordPress site.

Recommendation: Go to Settings -> Permalinks and have the permalink structure as either Day and name i.e, /%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/ or /%postname%/

Blog

This theme uses the_content() (vs the_excerpt()) in index.php. Therefore you might want to break up your content if it is long using WordPress in-built more quicktag functionality.

In blog listing page, featured image (if present) for each post will automatically be displayed at the left side with content wrapping around it to the right.

How to make Play button under Listen link to a specific URL

If the audio file that you want the Play button to link to is large, then because of host file size restrictions it might not get uploaded via the "Upload an audio file" button. In such cases you might want to upload the mp3 file to another server or place it on your server using a FTP client and have the Play button link to it. The steps below will explain how this can be done:

This will make the Play button link to the URL of your choice that has been entered when editing the Sermon entry.

How to set up City Church like the demo site

1. Activate City Church at Appearance -> Themes. Ensure that parent Builder is also present.

2. At Settings -> Permalinks, ensure that a pretty permalinks structure is being used. "Post name" is recommended.

3. At Settings -> General, you may want to ensure that Site Title and Tagline are correct. These appear on the site in the first module.

4. Create a Page for your site's homepage titled say "Home". Create another Page for your site's Posts page titled say "Blog". Create other Pages that you wish to have in your site like "About", "Contact" etc.

6. Go to My Theme -> Settings -> Import / Export (tab). Import layouts and views of the demo site. This can be found in BuilderChild-City-Church/layout-and-views/builder-export-city-church-layouts-and-views.zip. During the import process, if you are setting up your site newly i.e., you haven't made any changes to the default layouts and views, you might want to use the Replace option.

7. Edit all layouts and set Navigation Type of navigation module to "Main Menu".

9. Edit "Home" Page and set "Home Layout" layout for this Page. Go to Settings -> Reading, set "Home" as front page and "Blog" as Posts page.

10. In WordPress toolbar at the top, go to Builder -> Manage Widgets for this Layout. In "Top Block - Right" sidebar, drag a Text widget and give it this title: "Welcome to City Church" and this for the content of widget.

11. Edit "Home Layout". Modify "Three Images" HTML module's settings. Change the code in text area to this and change Style from "Default" to "Html Blank".

12. Plugins -> Add New. Upload and activate Builder Block - Church plugin. To learn more about using this plugin's features like Sermons and Staff, scroll to the top of this wiki page and follow the Introduction section and below.

How to change navigation bar's background so it appears full width

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Add the following at the end of child theme's style.css (WP dashboard -> Appearance -> Editor):